FASHION

Hello Fashion Hello Fashion by Colombian-American blogger Christine Andrew features posts covering everything from fashion to beauty, family, lifestyle, and travel.  Christine created her own fashion brand called ILY Couture in 2011. In the same year, she started Hello Fashion, initially as an online diary where she shared her favorite fashion finds as well as helped customers wear and style their ILY Couture buys.  Christine is a true style icon, having appeared on Vanity Fair’s Best-Dressed List. Ironically, she was rejected from a fashion design school—it was this rejection that drove her to strive in the fashion industry. Some recent posts in Hello Fashion include:

  Harper & Harle y Fans of the minimalist aesthetic will love Australian blogger Sara Crampton’s website Harper & Harley. Her “less is more” philosophy is unmistakable in her posts, from her fashion to her home design. Since starting the blog in 2008, Sara has made a name for herself as the go-to brand for the classic, timeless, and minimalist wardrobe. Sara has appeared on the Australian reality show  Fashion Bloggers.  She has also worked with global fashion brands such as Gucci, Estée Lauder, Uniqlo, and Nike. Sara’s influence has also extended to non-fashion brands, and she has also been tapped by Jaguar, YSL Beauté, L’Oreal, and Dyson. If you love whites, blacks, and grays, head on over to Harper & Harley for a look at Sara’s minimalist but super trendy fashion style. Some of her posts include:

  Girl With Curves Let’s face it—the body type of models is far from reality. Slim people do exist in real life, but there are women with bigger sizes who can look just as good. People come in all shapes and sizes, but many of us have been conditioned to believe that only one body type is ideal for fashion. This is the mindset that Girl With Curves hopes to shatter. Tanesha Awasthi created Girl With Curves in 2011 to represent everyday people who aren’t a size 0 or 2. The blog describes itself as an “award-winning blog made possible by people who believe women deserve to look and feel beautiful, regardless of weight, shape or size.” Since starting the blog, Tanesha has become a favorite plus-sized fashion blogger in the industry. She hopes to help women—particularly bigger sized women—build their confidence and self-esteem through fashion. The blog includes trends, style tips, beauty advice, plus parenting and wellness. Their hashtag #StyleHasNoSize emphasizes their belief that fa...

 The Fashion Guitar The Fashion Guitar is the online blog of Dutch-born Charlotte Groeneveld-Van Haren. Now based in New York, she is a mother of two and runs her blog full-time. Charlotte had worked with fashion blogs in one of her former jobs until she decided to create one herself. As a personal style blog, The Fashion Guitar showcases Charlotte’s own fashion sense. When she became a mother, the posts naturally featured her maternity and motherhood style, and it became a significant part of the website. Charlotte has worked with her favorite brands and designers, and loves collaborating with them. The Fashion Guitar splits its posts into nine categories:

Egg Canvas   The whimsically named Egg Canvas is the brainchild of Erica Choi, a design director and photographer based in New York.  Why the name “Egg Canvas”? Erica was inspired by her Korean childhood nickname, which means  egg , while “canvas” is the medium with which art is created. “Egg Canvas,” therefore, is her life—creating beautiful things each day on a blank canvas. A licensed esthetician and graphic design graduate, Erica has a discerning eye for visuals. The posts on Egg Canvas have beautiful photos that are accompanied by short texts. The blog includes a section showcasing the latest New York Fashion Week as well as a guide around NYC.

The Daileigh The Daileigh’s Ashleigh Hutchinson wants her readers to build their perfect closet. She aims to help women of all ages find or create a style they love. In particular, Ashleigh wants older women to feel confident in their own style. She wants to break the assumption that some trends are suited only to a particular age group. Ashleigh’s philosophy centers around the notion that “age is only a number.” Ashleigh’s blog is full of advice for the regular woman to make better fashion choices, whether it’s “Dressing Better With the Clothes You Have” or starting a capsule wardrobe. Along with her blog posts, she has also published e-books and has even held online webinars to help people improve their fashion sense. Ashleigh frequently posts “How To” articles, often adapted to target a particular segment of her audience. She has written posts that are aimed at women of varying ages:

Atlantic-Pacific Atlantic-Pacific creator Blair Eadie has been in the fashion industry for several years now. Having worked for companies such as Tory Burch and Gap, she has the insider’s experience in how the industry has evolved over the years. She started Atlantic-Pacific in 2010 to showcase her own fashion aesthetic, which she describes as “east-coast-meets-west-coast.” She has built up a significant social media following, including over 1.9 million Instagram followers. She has worked as an influencer with many brands, including Nordstrom, Amazon, Sephora, CoverGirl, Gucci and many more. She has also collaborated on global campaigns with luxury brands such as Vogue, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar, among others. A quick perusal of her website shows eye-catching images of the latest trends that she loves and her tips on what to wear and where to get them. What’s also great about Atlantic-Pacific is the regular updates of FAQs that Eadie posts, where she responds to questions she receive...